With a PhD in Criminology, focusing on economic-state crime and transformative justice, Huma Saeed currently works as a research consultant with a number of research-based organizaions. She has a MSc in Human Rights from the London of School of Economics and Political Science and a BA in Political Science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (USA). Originally from Afghanistan, Huma Saeed has worked with human rights and women’s rights organizations in Afghanistan, Pakistan and internationally as well as with the UN Development Programme (UNDP). She has published a number of articles in international academic journals and books reflecting on her research and expereicnes in Afghanistan, including on transitional justice, economic-state crime and women and victims’ empowerment.